Do you believe its wrong to brag in some cases?

Question

Throughout junior and high school I was often bullied and made fun of on the fact because people felt I was nerdy. At my first university which I attend for 2 years (pre-engineering) some people made fun of the fact that I could not get a girlfriend because I did not have the best clothes, was overweight, and nerdy. So in my last year I started to lift weights and I made the football team for University of Florida as a walk on. Some of my peers from my old university attend this school and I often brag about the fact that my well developed body and popularity allows me to get with alot of girls and the fact that some girls especially the grad students buy me stuff and I could tell some of them are mad.

Answer 1

You are doing a different sort of bullying, and that is telling people that you are better than them and hotter than they are. Thats rightfully so but if you volunteer this information and its all you talk about with them, you come across as conceited and full of it. You are no better than all the other bullies.

Be the better person. You've worked hard to get yourself in shape and you are finally a hit with the girls. If you keep on bragging people are going to avoid you and still talk behind your back. They will not respect you which counts for much than being popular with the girls. Let the people who knew back when see you, dont be in their face. Dont change for the worse. Be humble. You will be surprised how many genuine friends you will make more so because of your persona.

They will like you more for your mind than your body.  

Answer 2

not at all, brag all ya want ;; if they use to make fun of you, then there is no reason to even think twice about it

Answer 3

You have a right to be proud of yourself but don't brag, people know what you accomplished with out you having to tell them.

Answer 4

Um yeah you're not going to have many friends if you keep bragging - you'll look like a really superficial self-centered person.

And yes bragging is wrong in all cases.

It makes other people feel mad about themselves and you because they feel cut down and they realize you think too highly of yourself.

Pride is a deadly sin, you know.

Answer 5

Well I would not say that it is wrong to brag, but it sounds like you have an ego.  Having an ego is one thing that can bring you down.  While you have been successful, just remember that you do it for you and nobody else.  You don't get a girlfrien just to use as a trophy man.  Just be real to you and to your girl.

Answer 6

yeah I would say it was wrong....because you are not staying true to your roots.....its like you are trying to be a different person and totally forget who you were before....but you were NO less valid as a person back then, than you are now, its just your outer self that has changed.

I cant stand when nerds turn their back on their heritage lol haha!! they become just like all the suckers they used to hate!! Im not saying you have to stay nerdy or even act it, but id say you owe urself more insight than to brag and if u can see that its annoying others, then dont do it, cause they will remember how you were and might even try and bring you down.

I grew up to have a size 8 figure (Uk sizes, they are smaller than Us sizes, so that would be a US size 2 or 4 or something) and DD b*****s but I dont lord it over others, I dont want to become everything I used to hate. And also, you will get a reputation as a co**ck that will come back an bite u in the a**

But at the same time, I can see you want to feel good about urself and there is nothing bad about that, but you can do that easily, without rubbing others noses in it and bragging.

If you want me to prove its morally wrong id say it is because you are still trying to wrestle with feelings of inferiority insted of letting them go, and that u owe it to urself to let them go. Thats how ur showing it, by taking an attitude the opposite of what u once were. If you were truly FELT superior to how you once were, then you wouldnt need to keep reminding urself by bragging about it. So morally you need to let go of ur insecurity, BECAUSE you owe it to urself. By not bragging you will be doing this. (You will also be making others feel bad.) The idea  of "making up for what u once were like" is redundant, you already have, by getting in shape, and bragging dosent add to your success at all. You have achieved all you need already.

Also: Its an unnatractive trait, and you dont want a rep as someone with a nice body but a stinking personality do you?.